CONGO DRC
Superb Anthropomorphic HEMBA Mask
Very beautiful Hemba anthropomorphic mask that gives off an impression of majesty and great serenity, a caracteristic of the Niembo style.
Rare, too, in this style, we know the mask of the collection Mestach, illustrated in "Face of the Spirits" and the one that is drawn in "100 people of Zaire" (p35n9) Marc Leo Felix, who reports that these rare masks come from southern Hemba territory
The Hemba live in eastern Congo DRC, between the Lualaba river (Congo river), to the west, and Lake Tanganyka, to the east
Their territory is articulated around the Luika river which delimits the Hemba of the north and those of the south. They are therefore present in the south of the province of Maniema as well as in the north of the province of Tanganyka.
They are geographically and culturally close to the Luba
Characteristics:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask
ETHNICAL GROUP: Hemba, Bahemba. .
ORIGINE: Democratic Republic of Congo.
DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaïre).
MATERIAL: Wood.
DIMENSIONS: About 10 inches high (25 cm)
CONDITION : Medium
See pictures
Stand display is NOT included

Bibliography:
- 100 peoples of Zaïre and their sculpture. The handbook for collectors, scholars and students, Marc Leo Felix, Bruxelles: Zaïre Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987
- La grande statuaire Hemba du Zaïre, François Neyt, 1977,
UCL Louvain-La-Neuve.
- The Intelligence of forms", An Artist collects African Art (Willy Mestach) Evan M. Maurer, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1991
- Face of the Spirits; Masks from the Zaire Basin, Frank Herreman, Constantijn Petridis, Ed. Martial & Snoeck, Antwerp, 1993

Reserve: $750.00

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